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At the start of the 20th Century the great Russian mathematician Andrey Markov cannot have foreseen the wide range of uses found for the models he developed to understand independent random sequences i.e. those where predictions about the future cannot rely on an understanding of past events, only what is presently true.

From Markov’s own initial applications - modelling the alliteration of vowels and consonants in classic Russian literature - today his chains are analysing far more diverse and complex data sets and systems. In his inaugural lecture Professor William Knottenbelt will talk through wide-ranging applications of Markov models’ true power – from modelling response time distributions in storage systems to providing a source of intelligent decision making in the uncertain new world of cryptocurrencies.

Biography

William Knottenbelt is Professor of Applied Quantitative Analysis and Director of Industrial Liaison in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he became a Lecturer in 2000. He is a founder of the Imperial Blockchain Forum and is co-Director of the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering. He serves on the editorial board of the cryptocurrency/blockchain journal Ledger, is an editor of Performance Evaluation Journal, and has served as general or program chair of numerous conferences and workshops related to quantitative modelling and analysis. A keen supporter of student-led innovation, he is the Innovation Fellow for the Department of Computing and serves on the Entrepreneur First Science Partners panel.

Clore Lecture Theatre, Huxley Building
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
SW7 2AZ London
United Kingdom

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 from 17:30 to 18:30 (BST)

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